Theoretical and experimental investigation of wall confluent jets ventilation and comparison with wall displacement ventilation

Building and Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1091-1100

  Cho, Youngjun ^a   Awbi, Hazim B ^a   Karimipanah, Taghi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b Fresh AB ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Displacement ventilation; Jet spreading rate; Jet velocity profiles; Wall confluent jets ventilation

Indexed keywords

FLOW VELOCITY; JETS; MOMENTUM; VENTILATION; WALL FLOW;

WALL CONFLUENT JETS VENTILATION; WALL DISPLACEMENT VENTILATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW VELOCITY; JETS; MOMENTUM; VENTILATION; WALL FLOW;

DISPLACEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; JET FLOW; THEORETICAL STUDY; VELOCITY PROFILE; VENTILATION; WALL;

EID: 38849090528     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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